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Who Dey Revolution Manifesto

Preamble

IN THIS TIME of perpetual Cincinnati Bengals incompetence and futility, with zero playoff wins in the nineteen seasons since the WhoDeyRevolution Godfather, Paul Brown, passed away in 1991 and handed the team to his fortunate son, the Despot, Mike Brown;

Introduction

WE, the members of the Who Dey Revolution, in our fervent dedication to the Cincinnati Bengals and fanatical desire to transform our hometown team into perpetual Super Bowl contenders, call for a popular revolution of fans to demand comprehensive reform to the managerial decisions and approach of Cincinnati Bengals ownership, management, staff and players, and hereby call for the adoption of the following Who Dey Revolution Manifesto:

Manifesto Demands

THAT the Mike Brown, Katie Blackburn, Marvin Lewis, along with every other member of the Bengals management, staff and personnel, state publicly to all Bengals fans, “I will do everything in my power to help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl;”

THAT Mike Brown will hire a general manager, drastically expand the scouting department and relinquish all control of player personnel;

THAT all training, rehabilitation and medical facilities are considered best-in-class compared to other NFL teams;

THAT the management fill the team only with players who fit the system, both mentally and physically, and are not reluctant to makes changes to player personnel when needed, regardless of cost or loyalty concerns;

THAT offensive and defensive line depth is considered the top priority for all player personnel decisions;

THAT all decisions made by ownership, management, staff and players, both on and off the field, are judged only by this criterion: “Does this help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl?”

January 06, 2012

Hey folks - Steph Stradley has been kind enough to allow the Comrades at WDR to invade her Texans blog for Q&A ahead of the matchups in recent years vs Houston. Our most recent preview, for Saturday's playoff game just went live moments ago. We're returning the favor now (actually for a 2nd time, read her previous Q&A here). So read on to find out all you ever wanted to know about the Texans from a very passionate and insightful fan. In case you doubt her credentials, allow me to produce her blogging CV:

I thought before the year, even with Peyton Manning healthy, that the Texans were favored to win the AFC South if they stayed healthy. Football Outsiders predicted they would win the division, and they were just predicting an average defense for the Texans.

Though I knew that the Texans defense would improve with competent coaching and key free agent signings, I had no idea that the Texans switch from the 4-3 to the 3-4 would result in this much improvement.

People in Houston love Wade Phillips. The Phillips family has a special place in Houstonian's hearts due to our love of his father Bum. Going from hating watching our defense to loving it in one year, it feels weird but good weird. It was hard hearing that Phillips was getting surgery--you worry for a guy in his 60s. Wade Phillips in his last presser was pretty emphatic about not being satisfied with just getting to the playoffs and wanting to win the whole thing. Going through major surgery will get you thinking about your mortality and how many chances you have left.

Before Matt Schaub's injury, the Texans were playing the sort of balanced football that Gary Kubiak has always wanted to play but hasn't been able to because his defenses for many years were so terrible. Philosophically, the Texans offense is not designed to overpower teams but rather to keep them off balance. It recognizes that more often than not, the defensive players will be more athletic, so to counter that, the offense is designed to look the same whether a play is run or pass. Ideally, the Texans prefer to keep down and distance sane, see what the defense does, and then exploit mismatches to get big plays. They want to get a lead, and then wear defenses down with their running game in the second half, and with their mobile, athletic offensive line.

January 02, 2012

Skimming Hob's articles last night looking for fodder and I came across this little bit.

Whitworth pulled Peko aside in the locker room when word filtered through that the Chiefs had lost.

“I told him how proud I was,” Whitworth said. “We started this thing back in June putting OTAs together ourselves. It’s been a long journey with all the crap we had to get their attention off of. Who was leaving? Who was coming? Who’s not staying with us and all that. To be where we are, who would have believed it? We’ve got our future in front of us.”

Congrats guys. You two do have a lot to be proud of, and we commend you both on your efforts. We at WDR respect everything you did leading up to this season and have to deal with on a regular basis, primarily your hopeless boss.

It is very easy to overlook the hard work and effort the players make to try to change the culture at Paul Brown Stadium. Over the years, we have come to experience their attempts as being futile. In the end, Mike Brown always finds a way to ruin a good thing. Regardless of the obstacles, you both managed to take a team that appeared to be imploding before the season officially began and helped mold it into something that has a foundation for potential success in the coming years.

Our new year's wish is that your boss in the coming offseason does not screw up what you have begun. We hope that you get the opportunity to build upon what you started so that the two of you and we, the fans, have a chance to experience something - together - that this town has been deprived of for way too long: a championship team.